Automobile luggage carrier



March 18 A. J. HAYDEN AUTOMOBILE LUGGAGE' CARRIER Filed April 2l. 1923 of the vehicle.

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\ agora-nn .Tenn Hernan,v or harmonie BEACH, Encarna All'TDEOIBIIJ'JL."v LUGGAGE CARRIER.

application filed. Aapril 2 s To .all whom it may concern.' v.

Be it known that I, ALFREDJ. HAYDEN,

.a citizen of the U ited States, and resident ,of Daytona Beach,in the county of Volusia 5 and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful mprovementsin Automobile Luggage Carriers, of whichthe follow- .ing is a specification.'

the way when not in use whichwill obviate the necessity of removal from the vehicle.

To this end my invention consists in snpplying certain instrumentalities whereby a retaining wall is hingedly connected to the i5 usual running board hangers so that the "retaining wall may occupy either a horizontal. position on top of the runningboard, or may besprung outwardly to occupy a vertical position at the edge of the running 5 '0 board. In this position the spring will pre- 'vent accidental displacement and the luggage may be placed in the pocket thus formed between the retaining wall and the body of the vehicle; A catch is utilized to prevent the retaining Vwall from moving to a vertical position under action of its' spring 'when it is desired to have the deviceV folded downwardly against the running board.

l have illustrateda certain form of de-v vice in the drawings, but ity is understood that this is merely `the present preferred form and that various changes may be. made in the device shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention In these drawings z Figure 1 is a perspective view'showing the up-standing wall in the folded-down pon sition. i l

F ig. 2 is aperspective viewY showing the 59 upstanding wall in vertical-position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of F ig. 2. Fig. is a detail of the lrunning board support and actuating springt i Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation ofthe running board assembly.

My present invention relates to luggage' Referring now to the drawings9` I havev i, 1923:.. seran no.resia,7as.

shown the automobilerunning rboar-'diet 1' supported upon the usual hangers 2 extend-l ing outwardly from the frame, 'of the .automobilev In order to adapt these hangers to receive the deviceof this invention, it is necessary vto slot thetop vthereof in prox# unity to the end,as at 3,'and to cut away that part of the top directly adjacentth'e- 'end pf the hanger. Thus 'the 4hanger inits v modified form, has sidev walls 4' extending outwardly to a pointrbeyond the top 5, this Vlatter/portion having alongitudinall slot 3 therein. 6 and may be made of any desired material such as wood, metal, rubber, or the like,. and has secured thereto a hinge element 7 osubstantiallycross shape in which the short end 8 and the two side flaps 9 aredeformed toward each other to form 'a'four 4sided box-like 4portion 10,` for a purposev more fully hereinafter described. The hinge member is. secured'to the part 6' in any de- 'sired manner.` A bolt ll-penetrates the parte v.9 and is surrounded bya spring member comprisinga loop 12, and a coil 13 whichis an extension of the loop 12 and in direct contact with the bolt 11, the two ends 14 of said spring projecting inside vthe hangerv 2 and penetrating apertures inv thewalls 4 .in order to securely .position the same and prevent undue movement. The spring is coiled about the bolt 11 in such a mannerA 'that the loop 12 will exert pressure against the hinge member 7 The hinge member is placed in proximity 'to the end of the hanger so that the flaps 9 project inside the Walls 4 of the hanger, the cut away portions 10 fitting under that part -of the top of thel hanger on each side of theslot 3. Thus the .li-inge portion is secured tothe hanger by two elements` namely the bolt 11 and the ends 14 of the spring. When the retaining wall 6 is folded downwardly on top of the running board, the loop 12 of the spring passes through the slot 3 which allows-the wall 6 to lie close to the running board.

A right angular element consisting of an `elongated part4 15 and an upstanding'part 16 may be secured to the running board in any desired .manner so that the part 16 projects upwardly atthat part of the running The opstanding wall is shown at i* the upstanding. part 16 of the right angular element and a catch member 22 respectively.

- This catch rmember is #secured to the ears l? prevents movement thereof. Vhe-n igy in desired to place the retaining wall in vgni'al position, outward pressure upon the upper end of the catch 22 allows the spring' 13 to act and the upstanding wall automatically takes its desired position.

Obviously vehicles having hangers constructed of other than inverted U material will require modified instrumentalitiesr to accomplish the desired results. Likewise 'the hinge portion may be made of various pieces placed together in divers manners, but ,itl is to be understood that the maximum ei' ciency is to beobtained through the use of the preferred form of the device as illustrated.

Obviously the running board must be slotted to correspond Withothe similar part 3 formed in the end of the hanger 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim iszcombination, a vehicle having a run nil'g/board'tupported upon hangers, a retaining wall hinged to said hangers, spring means to hold the retaining wall in vertical position at the edge of the running hoard, the upper "portion of said hanger being cut awy to allow the spring means to exert pressure upon the hinge portion when the retaining wall occupies both vertical and horizontal positions.

In testimony whereof, .I aiiix my signature.

- ALFRED JoHN AHarman. 

